2 Charged In Kidnapping

December 15, 1989

KISSIMMEE — A couple being sought in connection with a November 1988 attempted murder in Osceola has been arrested in Pasco County.

An Osceola Sheriff's official said Thursday that James Allen Mullis, 27, of Lacoochee, and Kimberly Sue Bell, 23, of Zephyrhills, were arrested this week. Mullis was charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery and aggravated battery. Bell was charged with attempted murder.

Both were still in the Pasco jail Thursday, but will be returned to Osceola.

A sheriff's spokesman said Gertrude Breslin, 75, of St. Cloud, was at the Cozy Cove Inn in St. Cloud on Nov. 24, 1988, and was offered a ride home by a man and woman.

Instead of taking Breslin home, the couple drove her to an isolated area north of Deer Park, beating her as they drove. The couple stole money from Breslin's purse and pushed her out of the car along County Road 419, where they beat and kicked her until she stopped moving, the spokesman said.

Breslin was spotted later as she walked along the road and was taken to St. Cloud Hospital.